Hidden Valley Denial
I emailed Hidden Valley about them sponsoring our Ultimate Frisbee team. It didn't go as well as I expected:
Original email:
"My name is Scott Roeder and I am the Captain of the Men's Ultimate Frisbee Team at the University of California Irvine (UCI). I am contacting your company because we are interested in pursuing a sponsorship from your company. We are a competitive club sport and play teams from all over the country. We were having a team dinner the other night and it came up in conversation that we all happen to like ranch dressing on pretty much everything we eat. We would are willing to have your logo printed on our jerseys and represent your products.
Thanks,
Scott Roeder"
Response:
"Dear Mr. Roeder,
Thank you for contacting us.
Although we realize the worthwhile purpose behind your request, I'm sorry that we cannot honor it at this time. As I'm sure you understand, we receive a great number of requests similar to yours. Hidden Valley is a subsidiary of The Clorox Company. Because of the difficulty in controlling the selection of organizations to receive contributions, The Clorox Company has chosen to contribute a quantity of its products for natural emergency situations. For example, in the aftermath of natural disasters, such as hurricanes, Clorox has donated large quantities of bleach to help with massive cleanup and disease control efforts. Clorox has also contributed charcoal to aid stricken areas without electricity for food preparation.
Again, thank you for contacting us.
Sincerely,
Rose Hill
Consumer Response Representative
Consumer Services "
Maybe next time....
Original email:
"My name is Scott Roeder and I am the Captain of the Men's Ultimate Frisbee Team at the University of California Irvine (UCI). I am contacting your company because we are interested in pursuing a sponsorship from your company. We are a competitive club sport and play teams from all over the country. We were having a team dinner the other night and it came up in conversation that we all happen to like ranch dressing on pretty much everything we eat. We would are willing to have your logo printed on our jerseys and represent your products.
Thanks,
Scott Roeder"
Response:
"Dear Mr. Roeder,
Thank you for contacting us.
Although we realize the worthwhile purpose behind your request, I'm sorry that we cannot honor it at this time. As I'm sure you understand, we receive a great number of requests similar to yours. Hidden Valley is a subsidiary of The Clorox Company. Because of the difficulty in controlling the selection of organizations to receive contributions, The Clorox Company has chosen to contribute a quantity of its products for natural emergency situations. For example, in the aftermath of natural disasters, such as hurricanes, Clorox has donated large quantities of bleach to help with massive cleanup and disease control efforts. Clorox has also contributed charcoal to aid stricken areas without electricity for food preparation.
Again, thank you for contacting us.
Sincerely,
Rose Hill
Consumer Response Representative
Consumer Services "
Maybe next time....
posted by scaughty at
11:37 PM
7 Comments:
why did you want to be sponsored by Hidden Valley? do you think we eat lots of salad or something? wouldn't it make more sense to pursue sponsorship from, say, VC ultimate?
Why the hell did they start talking about giving bleach to natural disaster victims? So weird.
well i like ranch, and at the time it seemed like a good decision.
often times during a natural disaster, many people are left without a source of clean drinking water that then ends up resulting in many more deaths than the initial disaster. just 2 drops of common household bleach can be used to disinfect water. BIOTCH!!!
Well, i used to love ranch dressing...
Keep tryin man, where else have you tried?
I haven't tried anywhere else yet but I am planning on trying a lot more companies. I'm open to any ideas.
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